Senior Nutrition Program

This site provides an overview of the Senior Nutrition Program for professionals and community partners, and seeks to help users learn, educate others, and connect with available resources.

Month: August 2026

PI 25-10 Meal Policy Regarding Frozen Meals

This Program Instruction (PI) transmits information regarding the production and handling of frozen meals. The original PI addressing frozen meals, PI-10-06, included guidance on cook/chill and cook/chill/rethermalization systems as well as frozen meals. This PI separates the guidance on frozen meals from guidance on cook/chill and cook/chill/rethermalization.   This PI supersedes and replaces PI-10-06. 

PI 26-01 Emergency Meals

The purpose of this program instruction (PI) is to provide guidance for the appropriate use of Emergency Meals. This PI addresses Emergency Meals specifically and is in conjunction with Area Agencies on Aging (AAA)/Aging Services Access Points (ASAPs) emergency plans addressing other aspects of emergency management. 

PI-24-16: Assessing and Ordering Medically Tailored Meals for Home Delivered Meal Consumers

The purpose of this program instruction is to rescind the guidance for the assessment module described in PI-90-46 Revised Home Delivered Meal Assessment Form/Module and to update the requirements and procedures for referring consumers to therapeutic, or medically tailored home delivered meals.

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